Risk management and governance : concepts, guidelines and applications /

Main Author: Aven, Terje
Other Authors: Renn, Ortwin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg New York: Springer, c2010
Series:Risk, governance and society 16
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : concept of risk
  • 2. Characteristics of risks in the modern world
  • 3. Risk perspectives
  • 4. Risk governance : an overview
  • 5. Pre-assessment and framing of risk
  • 6. Risk appraisal
  • 7. Risk characterization and evaluation
  • 8. Risk management
  • 9. Risk communication
  • 10. Stakeholder and public involvement
  • 11. Case study 1: risk governance of nanotechnology
  • 12. Case study 2: cash depot and third party risk
  • 13. Case study 3: year-round petroleum activities in the Barents Sea
  • 14. Conclusions